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kellymfitzgerald's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Minor: Gaslighting
marissab's review against another edition
challenging
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Minor: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Mental illness
cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Confinement and Mental illness
Minor: Gaslighting and Deadnaming
corar's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury
cheye13's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I need to reread this. Immediately. I have no clue what this was.
Like with Gingerbread, I found myself reeling trying to follow the frame structure and construct a linear timeline, but because it's written with such whimsy and spirit, I relished the challenge. This one clips right along – while I was trying to decipher one metaphor or meaningful event, we'd popped on to the next one. I do really think there's something here – about memory, personhood, legend... something. But it slipped through my fingers on this first read.
And yet it was just so fun and frightening and funny (Otis's narration made me laugh out loud more than once) that once I finished it, I wanted to flip right back to the beginning.
Like with Gingerbread, I found myself reeling trying to follow the frame structure and construct a linear timeline, but because it's written with such whimsy and spirit, I relished the challenge. This one clips right along – while I was trying to decipher one metaphor or meaningful event, we'd popped on to the next one. I do really think there's something here – about memory, personhood, legend... something. But it slipped through my fingers on this first read.
And yet it was just so fun and frightening and funny (Otis's narration made me laugh out loud more than once) that once I finished it, I wanted to flip right back to the beginning.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Mental illness and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
content warnings are approximations, as it's hard to separate literal from figurative. animal death cw for brief descriptions of/about taxidermy.blackrabbitrun's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
This book feels like it's building towards something breathtaking, a spectacular conclusion to a jigsaw-puzzle plot full of hints of what's to come... and then it swerves left to a dead-end, and doesn't really resolve any of those brilliant things. I mean... it isn't bad, but the buildup is so very high to fall from.
Would not recommend to people with any tendency toward psychosis or otherwise doubting the evidence of their senses.
Would not recommend to people with any tendency toward psychosis or otherwise doubting the evidence of their senses.
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness
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